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10 years in SEO and I feel like a newbie. Talk about frustrated!
Ok in a nutshell - I understand that Google Local search results are based on location+keyword.
For one of my clients I have been using state+keyword. He ranks well organically for most of his terms from a state search (and Linda was kind enough to look at this issue once before and noted that state searches are not common for local businesses, but for some reason they are with this niche. - "limo nj" gets 590 exact a month, "limo service nj" gets 2400 a month -- every term we target has decent search volume) --- but at this time he does not rank in the 7 pack -- although he does rank in maps.
So I decided to do some searching for city+keyword searches. Used Google Planner, Reviewed his Adword campaigns --- and there is NOTHING for city+keyword search. I only found ONE that I can work with.
So how do you handle this? How can I get him ranked for local when there are no searches?
He has a competitor Santos VIP - NJ Wedding Limos | NJ-NY Limousine Service | NJ-NY Limo Services | New Jersey Limos – (732) 596-1100, they rank EVERYWHERE although they do not even seem optimized for local.
my clients site is Limo NJ | Limousine in NJ | NJ Limo Services from D&G ---- I am just starting to work on his citations to clean those up (although he already has more than the site above) --- but am completely baffled how to get him to rank in the 7 pack without any real search volume? He is in Colonia NJ --- and of course he comes up if you type in "colonia limo" but there are no searches for that so what the point......
....and thank you for any suggestions.....![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Ok in a nutshell - I understand that Google Local search results are based on location+keyword.
For one of my clients I have been using state+keyword. He ranks well organically for most of his terms from a state search (and Linda was kind enough to look at this issue once before and noted that state searches are not common for local businesses, but for some reason they are with this niche. - "limo nj" gets 590 exact a month, "limo service nj" gets 2400 a month -- every term we target has decent search volume) --- but at this time he does not rank in the 7 pack -- although he does rank in maps.
So I decided to do some searching for city+keyword searches. Used Google Planner, Reviewed his Adword campaigns --- and there is NOTHING for city+keyword search. I only found ONE that I can work with.
So how do you handle this? How can I get him ranked for local when there are no searches?
He has a competitor Santos VIP - NJ Wedding Limos | NJ-NY Limousine Service | NJ-NY Limo Services | New Jersey Limos – (732) 596-1100, they rank EVERYWHERE although they do not even seem optimized for local.
my clients site is Limo NJ | Limousine in NJ | NJ Limo Services from D&G ---- I am just starting to work on his citations to clean those up (although he already has more than the site above) --- but am completely baffled how to get him to rank in the 7 pack without any real search volume? He is in Colonia NJ --- and of course he comes up if you type in "colonia limo" but there are no searches for that so what the point......
....and thank you for any suggestions.....
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